Foot-rail for carriages



(No Model.)

. P; VAN PATTEN.

vFQOI' RAIL FOR GARRIAGES.

Patented Feb. 13-, 1894.

# INVENTOR':

WITNESSES:

a 4e ATTORNEY,

iJNiTEn STATES FATENT @ErtcE.

, FREDERICK VAN'PATTEN, OF AUBURN, NEW YORK.

FOOT-RAIL FOR CARRIAGES.

sPEommA'rIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 514,793, dated February13, 1894.

Application filed May 6,1893.

ing drawings, is a full, clear, and exact dc scription.

' This invention relates to the manufacture I of foot-rails and otherrails or braces attached to carriages, sleighs and analogous roadvehicles; and the invention consists in a novel construction of saidrailor brace formed of a bar of iron or steel slitted longitudinally inits end portion and said end portion spread apart and downward from thebody of the bar, as hereinafter fully described and set forth in theclaims.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of a foot-railembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Figs. 3and 4 are transverse sections respectively on lines as, m, and 'y, y, inFig. 1, and Figs. 5, 6,7 and 8 are transverse sections illustratingmodifications of the form of the bar from which my improved foot-rail orbrace is formed.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

3- represents the main portion or body of the rail and ZZ-Zl denote thelegs by which said rail is supported. This rail I form of a bar ofeither malleable iron or rolled iron, or steel, preferably of rollediron corrugated or crimped transversely and preferably in such a manneras to form the depressed web -bbetween the longitudinal marginalportions aa. When the said rail is to be used as a foot-rail orfoot-rest for a carriage or sleigh,I prefer to make the rear corrugatedmarginal portion in a lower plane than the front corrugated portion forthe purpose of rendering the rail more comfortable to the person restinghis foot on said rail. The end portions of said railIsplitlongitudinally in the web bor center of the rail and then spreadsaid end portions apart to form the supporting legs -ZZ-Z-Z of the rail,which legs are terminated with the flat feet -=-c-cwhich are disposed inplanes ap- Serial No. 473.199. (No model.)

proximately parallel with the body of the rail and perforated for thereception of the screws, nails, rivets or bolts by which the rail issecured to the carriage or sleigh.

. For a foot-rest I bend the spread end porport the body of the rail atthe desired elevation above the bottom of the interior of the carriageor sleigh, and in cases where the distance between the seat anddash-board of the carriage is short, I bend the ends of the rearcorrugated portion a of the rail rearward, and downward, and bend theends of the front corrugated portion -a of the rail forward, downwardand inward, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

It is obvious that the crosssectional shape of the body of the bar maybevaried without departing from the spirit of my invention, and I haveshown in the annexed drawings three modifications of said form in eachof which a-a represent the crimped marginal portion of the rail, andbthe central web.-

What I claim as my invention is- 1. As an improved article ofmanufacture, a metallic rail or brace for a carriage, sleigh oranalogous vehicle, the main portion or body of which rail is corrugatedor crimped multiple in cross-section and the end portions splitlongitudinally and spread apart and terminated with perforated flatportions forming feet by which said rail or brace is at tached andsupported at its required elevation above said feet as set forth.

2. As an improved article of manufacture a rail or brace for a carriageor analogous vehicle, consisting of a bar of metal slittedlongitudinally in its end portions, and said end portions spread apartand bent down from the body of the bar and terminating with attachingfeet disposed in planes approximately parallel with the body of the railsubstantially as set forth and shown.

3. Afoot-rail for carriages or analogous vehicles, the main portion orbody of which rail is corrugated transversely and the top of the rearcorrugation disposed in a lower plane than the front corrugation, theend portions of said rail being split longitudinally at their center,and the ends of the rear corrugated In testimony whereof I have hereuntoportion being bent rearward and downward signed my name this 29th day ofApril, 1893.

and terminating with perforated fiat feet, and 1 the ends of the frontcorrugated portion be- FREDERICK VAN PATTEN' 5 ing bent forward,downward and inward and Witnesses:

terminating with perforated flat feet, substan- J. J. LAASS,

tially as described and shown. H. M. SEAMANS.

